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a major wreck near kansas city too. a chain reaction crash on interstate 70 leaving a person, an adult and a child critical injured. seven cars and a tractor-trailer involved in this. across the country, at least seven people have died in storm-related incidents. >> oh! oh, my gosh! >> wow. sheets of ice literally flying off the rooftops in north texas. that scene in plano where ice collected for days because of the storm system we had. it was some two inches thick and amazingly no one hurt but some of the cars were damaged. as for those who saw it happened, they say it was terrifying. >> my dog started barking and i heard the ice starting to break away from the roof. you could hear it. don't walk on the sidewalk, anybody! >> indra petersons is tracking the storm for us this morning. i think the big question is -- are we out of woods or still see some of the temperatures and amount of snowfall? >> literally all over. talking about more rain and more ice and more snow. a lot of places seeing windchill at negative 30 degr
a major wreck near kansas city too. a chain reaction crash on interstate 70 leaving a person, an adult and a child critical injured. seven cars and a tractor-trailer involved in this. across the country, at least seven people have died in storm-related incidents. >> oh! oh, my gosh! >> wow. sheets of ice literally flying off the rooftops in north texas. that scene in plano where ice collected for days because of the storm system we had. it was some two inches thick and amazingly no...
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city ever to file for bankruptcy. a judge handing down this landmark decision to approve the filing tuesday. so it now clears the way for the motor city to slash an estimates 18 millions in debt. including reducing pensions for city workers. it's quite controversial. many of those workers protested that decision outside of the courthouse tuesday. >>> an impressive move by the legislature. they've approved an enormous plan to the state's shortfall. public unions opposed the bill and promise to take legal action. they argue that the legislation is unfair for retirees and workers who will see their benefits cut because of what they called government mismanagement. >> this battle has been going on for years. unfortunately, something has to happen. if not, it's another detroit. >> it was a mess. >> it is a mess. >>> recent outbreaks of meningitis at princeton and uk santa barbara are troubling individuals. this is the type of infection for which the united states does not have an approved vaccine. so in a rare move, federa
city ever to file for bankruptcy. a judge handing down this landmark decision to approve the filing tuesday. so it now clears the way for the motor city to slash an estimates 18 millions in debt. including reducing pensions for city workers. it's quite controversial. many of those workers protested that decision outside of the courthouse tuesday. >>> an impressive move by the legislature. they've approved an enormous plan to the state's shortfall. public unions opposed the bill and...
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. >> a stunning revelation in the derailment of that new york city commuter train that left four passengers killed and dozens more injured. they say the metro north train was going 82 miles an hour! >> wow. >> into a sharp curve that had a 30 miles an hour speed limit. that, folks s a bad combination. but it is still too soon, they say, to determine who or what is to blame here. a lot of questions. cnn's renee marsh is following developments for us. >> reporter: john and zoraida, we know this morning how fast that commuter train was going but still don't know why. the report shows that the train was traveling at approximately 82 miles an hour as it went into a 30-mile-an-hour curve. that is too fast for an approach that had a speed limit of 70 and way too fast for the curve's 30 miles per hour limit. deepening the mystery, the ntsb says in two minutes, the train insplikly went 82 before jumping the track. mechanical problem or human error is too early to tell. rockefeller, 20-year veteran of the record, why was the train going so fast? we know investigators say he tried to brake but the tra
. >> a stunning revelation in the derailment of that new york city commuter train that left four passengers killed and dozens more injured. they say the metro north train was going 82 miles an hour! >> wow. >> into a sharp curve that had a 30 miles an hour speed limit. that, folks s a bad combination. but it is still too soon, they say, to determine who or what is to blame here. a lot of questions. cnn's renee marsh is following developments for us. >> reporter: john and...
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that may help determine the cause of the deadly derailment in new york city. four passengers were killed. 67 others were injured when that train jumped the tracks just outside of a station in the bronx. this morning, metro north is beginning the process of getting those train cars upright. cnn's alexander field is live for us at the accident scene in the bronx. what can you tell us? >> reporter: the cranes are in place and crews are in place. they had to wait for the okay from the ntsb investigators. they will begin with the locomotive and work toward reaching the other seven subsequent cars and the process should last into the morning. overnight we learned the names of the four passengers killed aboard that train. they are the following. we are also hearing this morning from the survivors of this wreck. they are telling us about the terrifying moments when their train stopped feet short of the harlem river. >> i thought i'm going to die. to be honest, he thought i'm going to die. >> i broke my arm. it's really painful. >> i heard a lot of crunching and though
that may help determine the cause of the deadly derailment in new york city. four passengers were killed. 67 others were injured when that train jumped the tracks just outside of a station in the bronx. this morning, metro north is beginning the process of getting those train cars upright. cnn's alexander field is live for us at the accident scene in the bronx. what can you tell us? >> reporter: the cranes are in place and crews are in place. they had to wait for the okay from the ntsb...
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the city is dealing with packed snow and ice on the roadways. there is more forecast to add july to injury, more snow in the forecast tomorrow night. >>> food and gas and flashlights flying off the shelves in memphis, tennessee. a storm is expected to wallop that state today. road crews are treating bridges and overpasses and major roads with salt and sand and trying to get ready. massive power outages are expected. >>> we will bring in meteorologist indra petersons live in memphis, tennessee. they are measuring these ice storms now? >> reporter: things are just starting to ramp up here in memphis. the last few minutes we are starting to see a little bit of rain come our way. so we know that threat of freezing rain, so close. what we are worried about here the national weather service has issued an ice impact index of a category three ice storm here in the memphis area. what does that mean? that means the threat over half an inch of ice on those power lines and means power outages here could last about a week. north of us, they have already seen
the city is dealing with packed snow and ice on the roadways. there is more forecast to add july to injury, more snow in the forecast tomorrow night. >>> food and gas and flashlights flying off the shelves in memphis, tennessee. a storm is expected to wallop that state today. road crews are treating bridges and overpasses and major roads with salt and sand and trying to get ready. massive power outages are expected. >>> we will bring in meteorologist indra petersons live in...